Chloe was taken aback. She clenched her fists. "Who told you that?"
Jasper hung his head and did not answer her question. He said in a desolate tone, "I think I am."
He had been motherless since young and his grandfather had been in a coma. And now, his father had gotten into an accident not long after his grandfather woke up. He was just five years old, but all he brought them was misery.
Jasper believed he was a curse.
"No, you're not a curse,” Chloe said gently, "Every child is a gift God picked out with great care, and only the luckiest people receive these gifts. Your family's life became wonderful and interesting after you came along. Similarly, they only became a true family after you came."
Jasper's eyes lit up, making him look naive and pure. "Really? I’m a gift God picked out? I'm not a curse?"
"Of course, you’re not. Sometimes, the best news is no news. I'm sure Joseph managed to escape from the danger." Chloe smiled and smoothed the boy’s messy hair.
Jasper nodded firmly and said sweetly, "Thank you for comforting me, Ms. Chloe."
Aside from Joseph and Harold, Chloe was the person who was nicest to him. He regretted promising to stop trying to get her and Joseph back together.
"No, that's not what I'm doing. We're just having a heart-to-heart chat." Chloe then asked again, "Can you tell me who called you a curse?"
"It was Great Uncle." Jasper did not hold back.
Chloe frowned as a fierceness flitted through her eyes. "It's getting dark. Let’s get you home."
Jasper would be in danger if he stayed with her. She could not protect him. Besides, it was her wedding tomorrow, so it was inappropriate for her to stay with him.
"Okay. Thank you, Ms. Chloe." Jasper, now calmed, obediently agreed.
*
Harold was nervously talking into his phone in the Whitman family home.
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